Pada-Pitham of Lord Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu

Information – Pada-Pitham of Lord Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu is installed by the followers of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada under the guidance of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja on 22 February 2023 (Gaurabda 536) at ISKCON Namahatta, Sridham Mayapur, India
“It was the desire of Srila Bhakisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada to install 108 lotus footprints of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at the places where Lord Chaitanya visited to create awareness of His presence in that place. He installed eight such lotus footprints and he left the remaining hundred for us”

I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect the valuable jewels of conclusive truth from the mines of the revealed scriptures.
(CC Adi 3.1)

Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has descended in the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to teach us real knowledge, His devotional service and detachment from whatever does not foster Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender unto His lotus feet.
(CC Madhya 6.254)

The lotus feet of the Lord are exactly like the pārijāta trees, or wish-fulfilling trees, and the devotees are like bumblebees. They are always attracted by the lotus feet of the Lord.
(SB 4.30.32 purport)

kṛṣṇa mātā, kṛṣṇa pitā, kṛṣṇa prāṇa dhana caraṇe dhariyā bali,—’kṛṣṇe deha, mana’”
“Kṛṣṇa is your mother, Kṛṣṇa is your father, Kṛṣṇa is your life and wealth. I fall at your feet and beg you to engage your minds in thinking of Kṛṣṇa.”
(Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-khaṇḍa 1.343)

Understanding that the Lord’s lotus feet were most tender, the goddess extended her tongue in the form of those flowers.
(Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata, Madhya-khaṇḍa 23.306)

Narottam Das Thakur has written this song “Gaurangera Duti Pada”. The official name of this song is Savarana-sri-gaura-mahima (The Glories of Sri Gauranga). This song is taken from the book Prarthana. In this song, Narottam Das Thakur has described about the glories of the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.

(1)
gaurāńgera duṭi pada, jār dhana sampada,
se jāne bhakati-rasa-sār
gaurāńgera madhura-līlā, jār karṇe praveśilā,
hṛdoya nirmala bhelo tār
(2)
je gaurāńgera nāma loy, tāra hoy premodoy,
tāre mui jāi bolihāri
gaurāńga-guṇete jhure, nitya-līlā tāre sphure,
se jana bhakati-adhikārī
(3)
gaurāńgera sańgi-gaṇe, nitya-siddha kori’ māne,
se jāy brajendra-suta-pāś
śrī-gauḍa-maṇḍala-bhūmi, jebā jāne cintāmaṇi,
tāra hoy braja-bhūme bās
(4)
gaura-prema-rasārṇave, śe tarańge jebā ḍube,
se rādhā-mādhava-antarańga
gṛhe bā vanete thāke, ‘hā gaurāńga’ bo’le ḍāke,
narottama māge tāra sańga

TRANSLATION

1) Anyone who has accepted the two lotus feet of Lord Caitanya can understand the true essence of devotional service. If one is captivated by the pleasing pastimes of Lord Caitanya, the dirty things in his heart will all become cleansed.

2) One who simply takes the holy name of Gaura-sundara, Sri Krsna Caitanya, will immediately develop love of God. To such a person I say: Bravo! Very nice! Excellent! If one appreciates the merciful pastimes of Lord Caitanya and feels ecstasy and sometimes cries, this process will immediately help him to understand the eternal pastimes of Radha-Krsna.

3) Simply by understanding that the associates of Lord Gauranga are eternally free from material contamination, one can immediately be promoted to the transcendental abode of Lord Krsna. If one simply understands that the land of Navadvipa is not different from Vrndavana, then he actually lives in Vrndavana.

4) If one says: “Let me dive deep into the waves of the nectarean ocean of the transcendental loving movement introduced by Lord Caitanya”, he immediately becomes one of the confidential devotees of Radha and Krsna. It does not matter whether one is a householder living at home or a vanaprastha or sannyasi living in the forest, if he chants “O Gauranga, and becomes a devotee of Lord Caitanya, then Narottama dasa begs to have his association.